Bond set for man facing 35 counts of child porn possession

8:41 PM,
May 19, 2014

Scott Szerlong

Written by

B.C. Kowalski
Stevens Point Journal Media

A Stevens Point man who faces 35 counts of possession of child pornography, including images he downloaded on a computer while repairing it for a friend, is being held on a $15,000 bond.

Portage County Circuit Judge Thomas Eagon ordered Scott Szerlong, 42, of Stevens Point held on the bond after Stevens Point police arrested Szerlong as he left the Econo Lodge Hotel on the morning of June 5. Police confiscated a phone from Szerlong, which contained several pornographic files depicting young girls performing sex acts.

Police later conducted a search of Szerlong's hotel room and found a laptop ...